Irrational fear
The crossword clue "Irrational fear" is answered by PANIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PANIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PANIC answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PHOBI (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PANIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by PANIC, most used first.
- Freak out - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose one's cool - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of button - used 27 times, most recently in 2016
- Go to pieces - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Lose your cool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- ___! At the Disco - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Become frantic - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hysteria - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Lose one's head - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Type of button - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Wild fear - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- __ button - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Extreme fright - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- High anxiety - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose control - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Stampede cause - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Sudden fright - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- "Fear of Flying" author Jong - ERICA, used 73 times
- Nick of "Cape Fear" - NOLTE, used 47 times
- Shrink in fear - COWER, used 40 times
- Fear - DREAD, used 32 times
- Great fear - DREAD, used 26 times
- Intense fear - DREAD, used 23 times
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